I am very near to completion of my Washington quarter collection from 1932 to 1998. I need just six more quarters from the early 1930's and I'll have every one of them. Yippee!
I started this collection by chance when I was looking for some Standing Liberty quarter dollars. I went into my favorite coin shop in Austin and found some fine examples of what I was looking to obtain. However, the price was a little bit too much. So, I went to eBay to see what I could find.
One store listed some Standing Liberties but they also had a grab-bag of silver coins and wheat cents. OK. I made a bid and won. When I got the bag, I noticed there were two examples of AU 50 Washington quarters (1960 and 1947, I believe). I decided I might as well collect the Washington quarters so back to the coin shop. There, I bought my Danesco Washington quarter dollar book (1932-1998). And since this was the first year of the Statehood Quarters, I bought one of those books.
Now, my Statehood Quarter collection is missing one, 2007-P Utah. I haven't really started the Territory Quarters and may run into problems with the extremely low mintages. But, oh well.
By the way, with my Danesco folders, there were some open slots at the back of the book. You know, after the final year of issue, there are open spaces. I decided to use these spaces by filling them with my duplicate coins. My Washington quarter book has more Washingtons, Standing Liberties, and at least two Barber Quarters. Fills out the book nicely and gives me a place to store them!
I started this collection by chance when I was looking for some Standing Liberty quarter dollars. I went into my favorite coin shop in Austin and found some fine examples of what I was looking to obtain. However, the price was a little bit too much. So, I went to eBay to see what I could find.
One store listed some Standing Liberties but they also had a grab-bag of silver coins and wheat cents. OK. I made a bid and won. When I got the bag, I noticed there were two examples of AU 50 Washington quarters (1960 and 1947, I believe). I decided I might as well collect the Washington quarters so back to the coin shop. There, I bought my Danesco Washington quarter dollar book (1932-1998). And since this was the first year of the Statehood Quarters, I bought one of those books.
Now, my Statehood Quarter collection is missing one, 2007-P Utah. I haven't really started the Territory Quarters and may run into problems with the extremely low mintages. But, oh well.
By the way, with my Danesco folders, there were some open slots at the back of the book. You know, after the final year of issue, there are open spaces. I decided to use these spaces by filling them with my duplicate coins. My Washington quarter book has more Washingtons, Standing Liberties, and at least two Barber Quarters. Fills out the book nicely and gives me a place to store them!
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